Messi had returned to Rosario to say goodbye to his dad, and in the midst of that deeply private pain, photographers showed up.
One photo of him getting off the plane. Another saying goodbye to the coffin. Another with his siblings. As if the funeral were just another match to cover, that is what sparked everyone’s outrage.
“How far does the limit of wanting to be news go?”, asked Davoo, an Argentine YouTuber, recalling that Messi is perhaps going through the hardest moment of his life.
His complaint was not against Messi’s fame, but against those who forgot that behind the idol there is a son crying for his dad, and that this pain should not have hidden witnesses with cameras in hand.